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Topic: Easiest Cheapest Way to Network ? (Read 1383 times)

Has anyone used one of these? I have seen them elsewhere called USB Dongle ( Hopethe swear filter allows that word )It makes networking sound to easy and too cheap.

Description: USB TO USB NETWORK CABLE Product Code: 499-00975

with the usb to usb network cable you can set up a network in no time between 2 computers (up to a max.of 17 computers) via this network you can exchange files, share peripheral equipment such as a printer, a hard disk and internet access and play multi-player network games usb 1.1 compatible 12 mbps data transfer rate suitable for windows 98/2000/me/xp total length of exteneded cable is 3m (10ft)

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At that kind of price Sandra, you'd be better off getting a couple of 10/100 network cards (about £14+VAT for the pair) and a length of crossover Cat5e cable (between £2 and £10+VAT depending on length).

This way you'll get a nice fast 100Mbps network rather than the measly 12Mbps you'll get with USB.

I was just thinking it would be easier,(if it worked,albeit it a little slow),for people unhappy about poking around inside their PCs and if you had other PCs coming around,(as I do from time to time),needing data from my PC which often dont have a network card in them.Just recently I have had a couple of occassions where I have wanted to install programs or a few odd files on to another PC and have had to put them on floppies or write a cd just for a few MBs Also people seem to have problems getting traditional networking to work so I thought that this may work ok for networking dummies like me